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Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A traditional ball game played in Workington, West Cumbria, England, with the object of "hailing the ball" (throwing it up in the air three times) at the opposing team's goal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
From up + -ies + and + down + -ies. The "uppies" and "downies" were the residents of the top (east) and bottom (west) of the town, which slopes down towards the sea.
